Twitter Feed Crossover Edition for June 2012

The majority of you who receive YCM miss out on some additional items of interest that I post on Twitter which don't fit naturally into my daily themed email editions of You've Cott Mail. Here are some stories and commentary I've linked to on Twitter over the last four weeks. -Thomas

THE BIG PICTURE

• Great keynote speech: "Am I thinking about my own clock, or the user's?"
• The Poorest Art: Dance and Money (III)
• "Don't mean to be alarmist, but the TV business may be starting to collapse"
• A comprehensive presentation about the state of the web

FUNDRAISING / FINANCIAL

• The next logical step in the evolution of fan-funded arts projects?
• How nonprofits can best use social media for fundraising
• It's not billions, but it can help rescue an artist
• Amanda Palmer's Kickstarter campaign for her new music/art project raises $1 million

MARKETING / AUDIENCE-RELATED

• Any arts org ever had the nerve? Read how Bonobos cut its ads by 50% AND increased sales
• There's no such thing as a sold-out concert (even for Justin Bieber)
• Wettest April in over a century leads to record box office sales in Britain
• "1st-of-its-kind" site aggregates news, listings, deals for perf & visual arts in NYC & Chicago
• Smaller theatres still need their ticketing systems to do big things. Here's some that do.
• USPS offers 2% discount on postage for July & Aug direct mail campaigns
• Google Chrome just passed Internet Explorer to become world's most popular web browser
• Google Search just got 1,000 times smarter
• Why offering discounts through social media is bad business for nonprofit organizations

SOCIAL MEDIA

• Study: Viewing Facebook Content Makes People More Likely to Buy
• Agent: "If actor won't pump a movie" via social media, "he won't get as much work."
• How to drive user engagement on Pinterest
• What Lies Beyond The Check-In: Foursquare Launches Big New Redesign
• Facebook finally lets Page Admins schedule posts, have different roles
• Thinking of selling tickets via Facebook? Poll shows >50% uneasy buying via social network
• "Connections are the new impressions" -- why you should care about "social CRM"
• 4 reasons why nonprofit orgs must not "go dark" on social media on weekends

JUST FOR FUN

• According to http://tweepsmap.com/!youvecottmail 86% of my followers are from #USA, 29% from #NewYork & 27% from #NYC. Get yours at http://tweepsmap.com
• Motion capture video of NY Phil's Alan Gilbert conducting: "Connecting Music and Gesture"
• To stay thin, eat like the cultural elite